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STI (sexually transmitted infections)

Catch chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and other STIs from passive urine signal. Restore the screening continuity primary care has lost.

Also touches: Male Health · Community Health · Aging in Place
Biomarkers
  • STI nucleic acid markers

    Nucleic-acid amplification signal for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomonas, and other STIs from a urine sample.

  • Nitrites (urine)

    Bacterial reduction of urinary nitrate. Specific marker for gram-negative bacteriuria.

  • Leukocyte esterase

    Enzyme from white blood cells in urine. Sensitive marker for urinary tract inflammation.

Sensors
  • Urine immunoassay

    Lateral-flow and microfluidic assays measuring hormones, drug metabolites, and infection-specific biomarkers from urine.

  • Urinalysis test strip

    10-parameter reagent strip read at the seat. Captures pH, nitrites, leukocytes, glucose, blood, protein, ketones, urobilinogen, bilirubin, and specific gravity from each void.

  • Urine spectroscopy (optical / SERS)

    Non-contact optical analysis of urine in the bowl or stream. Uses vis-NIR absorbance, fluorescence, and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to fingerprint analytes without consumables. Calibrates against the same biochemistry strips read by urinalysis.

Open questions
  1. 01

    How might we restore routine STI screening for cohorts the system has stopped reaching?

  2. 02

    How might we close the time between exposure and treatment from weeks to days?

  3. 03

    How might we surface community-level STI signal without surveillance harms?

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